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8	->''"Flowers grow and die, humans die, but they live on in the hearts of those who love them."''
9	-->-- '''Anthony Brown'''
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11	''Candy♡Candy (キャンディ♡キャンディ)'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the magazine ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}'' from 1975 to 1979, written by [[Creator/KeikoNagita Kyouko Mizuki]] and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi based on an original story written by Mizuki. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.
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13	The story is about [[ComingOfAgeStory the life and times]] of Candace "Candy" White, a beautiful blonde girl growing up in the first two decades of the 20th century, through her adoption; her convoluted love life, first with sweet Anthony Brown, and then with [[TroubledButCute rebellious]] Terry Granchester; her friends and enemies, and her final determination of being a capable and independent woman.
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15	The franchise also became known for the extremely bitter legal battles of the late 90s and early 2000s between Igarashi and Mizuki over credits and royalties. By the end of the legal battle, both Igarashi and Mizuki were required to approve any future ''Candy Candy'' products and projects. The led to an actual anime sequel being cancelled due to the souring of Igarashi and Mizuki's professional relationship, nearly all merchandise ceasing, and all licenses for overseas productions ceasing. This also turned Igarashi and Mizuki into unintentional copyright trolls.
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17	Not to be confused with ''Manga/HoneyHoney'', another old-school shojo which is instead [[GagSeries extremely silly]] (but does have [[Creator/MinoriMatsushima the same lead voice actress]]), the ''WebComic/AxeCop'' villain by this name, or the Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu song.
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19	!!''Candy Candy'' provides examples of:
20	* AdaptationExpansion: 3-volume novel series -> 9-volume long manga -> 115 episode TV series.
21	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Terry is very popular in school, in the acting scene, and in the fandom.
22	* AlphaBitch: Eliza, at St. Paul's School. Complete with a two-student GirlPosse (BetaBitch Louisa and an unnamed fat girl).
23	* AnArmAndALeg:
24	** What happened to [[spoiler: Susanna after her almost HeroicSacrifice, and ended up ruining her career.]]
25	** A former war nurse that Candy befriends while in Mary Jane's Nursing School. She shows Candy her orthopedic leg and explains that she lost her leg while trying to shield one of her patients from falling debris.
26	* AnachronismStew: Despite the series taking place in the early 20th century, many characters are drawn wearing outfits or accessories, such as flared pants, summer dresses that go up to the thigh, or tinted glasses, that are much more in line with 70s fashion.
27	** Several male characters sport quite long hair... in early 20th century America...
28	* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Annie is the Beauty, Patty is the Brains, Candy is the Brawn.
29	* BelligerentSexualTension: Candy ({{Tsundere}}) and Terry (JerkWithAHeartOfGold). They both always annoy and tease each other, but soon they like each other more and more.
30	* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Candy White is a [[BeautyEqualsGoodness beautiful]] blonde girl who was born as an orphan and attracts boys with her kind heart... and she's constantly antagonized by [[AlphaBitch Eliza Leagan]], the daughter of the wealthiest, most influential family in America, who's jealous of all the boys Candy pulls, gets her GirlPosse to single her out at school and repeatedly bullies and abuses her, from locking her into rooms and getting her punished by the teachers. Guess which one you're supposed to be rooting for? If that didn't convince you, Eliza's brother Niel, who's always bullied Candy, falls in love with her because she saved him from being beaten up by thugs, and just as it seems like he's going to reform, he pulls a ScarpaUltimatum by trying to get her to marry him using his familial connections.
31	* BlindWithoutEm: Patty and Stear. One adorably hilarious scene has both of them losing their glasses during a ball and trying to dance without them on anyway.
32	* BoardingSchool: A big part of the action happens in one, the high-class St. Paul School in England. There Candy meets up with Terry (whom she actually met during her journey to England), befriends Patty, is bullied by Eliza and her GirlPosse, [[spoiler: finds Annie and Albert again]], etc.; all of this has a HUGE influence in her CharacterDevelopment.
33	* BrokenBird: Frannie, Candy's nurse companion. She's harsh and brutally honest, but has a deeply wounded heart due to her past.
34	* BreakTheCutie: Poor Candy can't be happy for two episodes straight.
35	* BunglingInventor: Stear
36	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Excluding Eliza and Neil, of course.
37	* ClingyJealousGirl: Susanna, Eliza to some degree
38	* ComingOfAgeStory: It covers Candy's whole life since she was taken in by Miss Pony and Sister Maria as a baby, until she's at least in her twenties.
39	* CoolOldGuy: Mr. [=McDermott=]
40	* CoolOldLady: Miss Pony, Marsha O'Brien. Mary Jane is a SternTeacher version.
41	* CreatorProvincialism:
42	** Averted '''really hard''': Despite being an original Japanese manga, not only does the whole plot take place in the U.S. and England, there is not a ''single Japanese character'' to help the Japanese audience empathize with the plot. This makes sense due to [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI the setting (1910-1920)]].
43	** The closest to this trope would be the ''very'' subtle use of the very Japanese "CherryBlossoms" trope. Specially when you know what it means for the Japanese: [[spoiler: a reflection on how brief life is... which is used to ''great'' effect as CoolOldGuy [=McDermott=] passes away while sitting underneath a blooming cherry tree.]]
44	* TheCameo: Candy, Anne, Alistair, Archie and Terry make a cameo in ''Manga/TheSwordOfParos'', which was also ilustrated by Yumiko Igarashi.
45	* DissonantSerenity: Frannie's little sister is happily playing as her [[AlcoholicParent father is kicked out of the saloon and ranting against his wife.]]
46	* DistantFinale: The novel ''Candy Candy Final Story'' shows Candy happily married to someone, but doesn't reveal who.
47	* DistractedFromDeath: [[spoiler: When Candy is working as a nurse, she strikes an InterGenerationalFriendship with an old man in a wheelchair, Mr. [=McDermott=]. At the end of the episode she's giving him a ride but leaves for some moments, and when she returns [=McDermott=] has passed away. Cue to the poor girl begging him "PleaseWakeUp" and having an HeroicBSOD...]]
48	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Candy has to talk Susanna down from throwing herself off a rooftop in the middle of a ''severe'' HeroicBSOD.]]
49	* DoorstopBaby (Both Annie and Candy)
50	* DoubleDoubleTitle: ''Candy Candy''.
51	* {{Earn Your Happy Ending}}:
52	** Candy must work HARD to get her happiness back.
53	** The EpistolaryNovel ''Candy Candy Final Story'' concludes with Candy living happily with the man she loves...But it doesn't specify who that person is.
54	* EvilMatriarch: Ruth Regan and Aunt Elroy. Ruth is more overly malicious and it's thanks to her that Eliza and Neil are the way they are; Aunt Elroy is a honor-obsessed [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Woman]] with more overall influence on the family.
55	* FlowerMotifs: So many roses!
56	* FreudianExcuse: Terry.
57	* GirlishPigtails: Candy and (at many extent) Susanna.
58	* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Stear is smiling as his plane is shot down and crashes]]
59	* HateSink: The Regans are definitely designed so you want to get in there and strangle them to death. Yes: Mom, daughter, son. All of them! (Though only the latter two are more prominent)
60	* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Terry, son of an English lord and an American actress.]]
61	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Susanna is crippled after pulling a DivingSave on Terry and being crushed to almost death by a lamp.]] It gets lampshaded:
62	-->''Candy''': "She loves him so much that [[spoiler: she was willing to die for him]]...!"
63	* HospitalHottie: Candy wants to be a nurse, and thus she enrolls in a medical school.
64	* IdiotBall: Candy is rather naive, yet rarely displays ''active'' stupidity. However, the time when she ''and'' Terry [[spoiler: sneak outside the dorms to meet up with each other ''on the grounds of having supposedly received letters from one another'', without actually checking on any sources AND despite clearly knowing the school's incredibly strict rules]] completely reeks of this trope. [[spoiler: Eliza sure must've been thrilled [[TheBadGuyWins to see her plan to get them expelled succeed]] even better and easier than even she'd expected.]]
65	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Candy, in regards to [[spoiler:Susanna and Terry]]. Ironically, [[spoiler: Susanna '''was''' ultimately willing to do this for Candy and Terry, to the point of [[DeathofTheHypotenuse trying to remove herself out of the picture]] ''[[DrivenTosuicide permanently]]'', but Terry chose to stay by her side.]]
66	* {{Jerkass}}: Eliza and Neil.
67	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Terry.
68	* JustAKid: [[spoiler: The reason why Albert isn't allowed to fully lead the Andree clan, and has to assume the "Uncle William" persona]]
69	* KarmaHoudini: Does Eliza ever get whatever her just comeuppance is? Probably not.
70	** Well, at least her and her family's schemes failed in the end [[HumiliationConga and they were shamed by Albert]]...Considering that Albert is [[spoiler: the head of the Andree family, whose social status is quite higher than the Regans']], probably yes. And ''double'' if you think that [[spoiler: he ''might'' be the closest to Candy's True Love]]; if you adhere to that theory, then Eliza, Neil, and Ruth are all ''spectacularly'' screwed.
71	* LaserGuidedKarma:
72	** [[spoiler: In the BoardingSchool arc, when Eliza finds out that Candy is the boy she had danced with in the SchoolFestival despite being supposed to be grounded, she tries to rat her out her to the nuns. However, Candy manages to return to the punishment cellar in time with Terry's help — and the sisters not only let go of Candy, ''but they get Eliza grounded for "lying".'']]
73	*** Additionally, when Candy [[spoiler: returns to class after Eliza's machinations to get her expelled fail thanks to Terry's "third option"]], Eliza objects in front of all the girls. What follows is [[spoiler: Sister Grace not only verbally smaking Eliza and grounding her ''for a whole week'', but also showing Eliza the proof of her own involvement (the fake letter she wrote to trick Terry and Candy into compromising positions).]] Again, this takes place ''in front of all the girls'', meaning half the school is now clearly aware of Eliza's deals.
74	** Earlier, in episode 9, Eliza and Neil lock Candy in an abandoned room during a party. Cue the three Andree boys not only rescuing her, but dolling her up in a PimpedOutDress and then making a great entrance in said party, leaving the Regan siblings visibly stunned and angry. [[TakeThatScrappy And it's GLORIOUS]]
75	* LoveMartyr: Candy skirts the line sometimes, in regards to Terry.
76	* ManInAKilt: There are several attractive male characters of Scottish ascendance, what do you think?
77	* {{Melodrama}}: About the OrphansOrdeal of a little girl, her two, cruel siblings in her new rich adoptive family, and life in pre-UsefulNotes/WW1 USA, sometimes to nauseating extremes. She never stops searching for her happy ending, however.
78	* MissingMom: Eleanor Baker, [[spoiler: Terry's]] estranged mother.
79	* MoodWhiplash:
80	** If something good happens to Candy, expect something ''terrible'' happening to her in the next episode, or maybe even just minutes later. The best example is when Candy and Anthony go for a horse ride, enjoying each other's company and sharing a true idyllic moment... [[spoiler: then Anthony's horse gets its leg caught on a fox trap, and the horse's violent reaction throws Anthony out of his chair, breaking his neck in the fall and dying on the spot. The scene gets even more shocking as the color palette fades to sepia and the music disappears, leaving only the sound of the wind blowing, while Candy stares at Anthony's corpse with a broken expression of ''absolute horror'' on her face.]] [[FromBadToWorse It only went downhill from there.]]
81	** The opening sequence is also a good example of this trope. It starts pretty upbeat, with Candy saying that she doesn't mind her appearance and likes herself the way she is but then the music hits a much sadder tone, while the lyrics have Candy admitting that despite what she just stated she still feels lonely at times.
82	* MysteriousProtector: Uncle William, the ''actual'' leader of the Andree clan, almost always takes Candy's side but never shows up. [[spoiler: He's ''much'' more present than believed since "Uncle William" is the alias of ''Albert'', with Aunt Elroy as [[SecretKeeper the only one who knows]].]]
83	* NonHumanSidekick: Clint the white-furred and almost human-like smart raccoon that is at the beginning Annie's pet, and then after Annie is adopted he becomes Candy's pet companion. Noticeable in that Clint is also a CanonForeigner exclusive to the anime.
84	** Also [[BigFriendlyDog Mienna the San Bernard dog]] that is seen living in the Orphanage of Miss Pony [[spoiler: after her original owner, Mr. [=McDermott=], passes away.]] When Albert lived in a mansion in the forest had many animals around him, the most notorious a little skunk in his shoulder.
85	* OrphanageOfLove: Pony's Home.
86	* OrphansPlotTrinket: Candy's locket, given to him by her "Prince from the Hill". [[spoiler: She thought said Prince was Anthony... but it was actually Albert.]]
87	* PrinceCharming: The mysterious "Prince from the Hill".
88	* PluckyGirl: When Candy breaks down, she gets up as soon as she can and refuses to stay down.
89	* RebelliousPrincess: Candy, after being officially adopted into the Andree clan, fights her damn hardest to be herself at any costs. Anthony briefly tried his hand at this in the anime as well.
90	* RepetitiveName: ''Candy Candy''.
91	* TheReveal: Great-Uncle William, whose identity was the best-kept secret through the whole series, is revealed to be [[spoiler:Albert]].
92	* RichBitch: Eliza, her brother Neil, their mother Ruth, and Eliza's GirlPosse at school (specially Louisa).
93	* SailorFuku: When Candy went to the English BoardingSchool, she and the other female students wore [[http://imgur.com/9DUpiMX one-piece dresses]] that, as mentioned in the SailorFuku page itself, were most likely inspired by both the fuku and the "rational dress" codes from these Edwardian Era days.
94	* SayMyName: Candy and Annie reunited: "''Candy, oh Candy! Annie! Annie! Candyyy! Annieee!!''" Etc.
95	* ScarpiaUltimatum: How [[spoiler: Neil]] shot his tiny last chance of redemption, almost at the end of the series...
96	* {{Shorttank}}: Candy is very tomboyish, but uses pigtails and doesn't mind dresses.
97	* ShrinkingViolet: Annie. Also Patty and Susanna, to a lesser degree.
98	** Annie's shyness is pretty much ''pathological'', [[spoiler: and at least partially motivated due to believing herself to be TheUnfavorite [[GreeneyedMonster when compared to Candy]], which comes to the surface when Archie says he likes Candy despite Annie's feelings for him.]] It takes her quite a while to come into terms with all of it.
99	* SmugSnake: Eliza and Neil, [[InTheBlood and their mother Ruth]]. And Aunt Elroy when at her worst.
100	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The family name of the rich clan Candy gets involved with. Is it Andrew? Andree? Ardley? Audrey?
101	** Also the family name of Eliza and Neil... Is it Legan? Reagan?
102	** Miss Pony's name. In the anime, in an episode in which we see her burial cross [[ItMakesSenseInContext (don't worry, she doesn't actually die)]], it is spelled as "Ponny"
103	** Susanna's name is sometimes spelled as just "Susana".
104	* StepServant: At age 12, Candy is "adopted" by the Leagan family to be a companion to eldest daughter Eliza and later ends up as a maid. The children, Eliza and Neal, tease her and order her about, and their mother isn't any nicer.
105	** It later crosses into RagsToRoyalty. When Candy gets adopted for real, it's by the Andrees... a clan that's ''far'' richer and more uptown than the Legans. In fact, the Legan family is a branch clan to the Andrees and they owe respect to their leaders, Aunt Elroy and Grandfather William, and since William is the one who gave the order to adopt Candy they can't question it. (But they ''can'' be still assholes to Candy behind William's back.)
106	* SternTeacher: Mary Jane from the medicine school, Sister Grace from St. Paul (bordering on SadistTeacher, actually).
107	* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler: Candy is [[YouAreGrounded grounded]] during a SchoolFestival, but Uncle William sends her a boy costume and a girl one as a gift and Patty manages to smuggle it inside the room she's locked inside. When Candy goes out in her male disguise, she fools half the school and even flirts with Eliza before she comes back to her room]].
108	* TakeAThirdOption: Used twice.
109	** Between [[spoiler: throwing Candy under the bus to save himself as they're tricked into meeting at night secretly (which is grounds for expulsion from the BoardingSchool]] and [[spoiler: taking all the blame and being kicked out/suspended (alongside not helping Candy)]], Terry decides to [[spoiler: call out his father who refuses to help Candy, and willingly drops out of school to pursue his acting career]].
110	** And in the backstory, [[spoiler: Albert's creation of the "Uncle William" persona]] allows him to escape from either [[spoiler: leading the clan despite the opposition of the tyrannical elder members]] or [[spoiler: running away from his responsibilities as leader.]]
111	* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Discussed in the Hospital Arc. Candy, Frannie and the other prospect nurses are talking about nursing techniques and behavior towards patients: Candy shows Performer traits as she believes that you gotta approach the patients and help them feel good, while Frannie goes Technician and points out that the most popular nurse isn't automatically the best one and that they must be pragmatic as well.
112	* TheThreeFacesOfAdam: The three young men who are more influential in Candy's life fit fairly well. Anthony Brown is the Hunter (sheltered and kind, loves Candy for being free-spirited, secretly wants to see the world [[spoiler: but dies before he can do so]]); Terry Grandchester is the Lord (TroubledButCute, rebellious, good-hearted but immature); and Albert is the Prophet (BigBrotherMentor, kind, world-weary, wise [[spoiler: and the secret leader of the Andree Clan]]).
113	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
114	** Candy is the tomboy, and Annie is the girly girl.
115	** And Candy switches to the girly girl when with Frannie.
116	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: For all her tomboy traits, Candy is very motherly to the Pony Home kids and has no problems with dresses as long as they're not super elaborate.
117	* TownGirls: With Candy as the Butch, Annie as the Femme, and Patty as the Neither.
118	* TroubledButCute: Terry.
119	* {{Tsundere}}: Candy (Type B). She's sweet, kind-hearted, compassionate...unless she's around Terry.
120	* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: It starts at the second part of the series, with serious consequences for characters like [[spoiler: Frannie]] and [[spoiler: [[KillTheCutie Stear]].]]
121	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Anthony, on Candy: "Her eyes... her pretty green eyes!"
122	* YouthfulFreckles: Candy. Terry [[HeyYou often calls her "Freckled Girl"]] to tease her.

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